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Expanded Access: What Patients and Caregivers Need to Know

Expanded Access: What Patients and Caregivers Need to Know

  • Post author:PW Collaborator
  • Post published:January 13, 2025
  • Post category:Rare Disease

Imagine that your loved one is diagnosed with a rare disease. The first thing you do is to go to the internet to understand what you can about this disease…

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The Struggle to Access Experimental Rare Disease Therapies Through Compassionate Use
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The Struggle to Access Experimental Rare Disease Therapies Through Compassionate Use

  • Post author:Kendall Mason
  • Post published:July 14, 2021
  • Post category:Rare Disease

Accessing treatments can be difficult, especially if one is impacted by a rare disease. In fact, only 5% of rare diseases have an FDA-approved treatment. Because of this, many patients…

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Compassionate Use: Lomecel-B Approved for HLHS
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Compassionate Use: Lomecel-B Approved for HLHS

  • Post author:Jessica Lynn
  • Post published:March 19, 2021
  • Post category:hypoplastic left heart syndrome

  In March 2021, the FDA expanded access approval to biotechnology company Longeveron Inc.'s investigational Lomecel-B to a pediatric patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). According to a press…

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Do Patients Already Have a Right to Try?
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Do Patients Already Have a Right to Try?

  • Post author:Samuel Sachs
  • Post published:April 4, 2018
  • Post category:Rare Disease

Discussion on Right to Try legislation continues, and the federal government could soon change existing rules. Many people wonder whether or not patients should have the right to try potentially…

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You Are Not Alone: Empowering the Advanced Kidney Cancer Community
Finding Light Through Story-The Power of Ambassadorship in the Endometrial Cancer Community
*cancer that cannot be removed with surgery or has spread to other parts of the body. GEJ= gastroesophageal junction (where the esophagus joins the stomach)
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